Landslides wreak havoc in Colombia

A resident - wrapped in a blanket - walks at La Gabriela neighbourhood in Bello, north-western Colombia. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

A resident - wrapped in a blanket - walks at La Gabriela neighbourhood in Bello, north-western Colombia. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

Soldiers walk up a street covered in mud after a landslide in Bello, north-western Colombia. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

A police officer carries the body of a girl, covered in a blanket, at the site where a landslide buried houses in Bello, north-western Colombia. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

Residents of La Gabriela neighbourhood sit on the sidewalk while rescue workers search for survivors in Bello, northwestern Colombia. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

Police and a resident help a woman whose home was buried along with dozens of other homes following weeks of drenching rains in Bello. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

A resident looks out at the site after dozens of homes were buried by a landslide following weeks of drenching rains in Bello. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

Soldiers carry a body rescued from the site where a landslide buried houses, trapping dozens beneath mud and rubble in Bello. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP

A woman sits in front of her home after it was destroyed by a landslide that buried dozens of houses in Bello. At least 50 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. Photo: AP